All Housing Today articles in January 2024 – Page 2
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City Hall approves next phase of 1,500-home Poplar regeneration scheme
The next phase of the scheme approved by Mayor after refusal by Tower Hamelts council
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Output to sink by 2% this year as inflation continues drag on housing work, CPA warns
New build housing and repairs and maintenance sectors to both slump by 4% this year before recovering in 2025, according to new forecast
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How and why Stewart Milne collapsed: analysing the numbers
The collapse of the well-known Scottish housebuilder has shocked many within the housing sector. As Daniel Gayne finds out, the firm’s balance sheets over the past few years provide some clues as to what went wrong
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Housing secretary intervenes to prevent Surrey council from withdrawing local plan
Rowley said withdrawal of the local plan would result in the council having one of the oldest adopted local plans in the country
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Orbit appoints two new board members
Priya Khullar and Emma Kenny join Orbit’s board as the housing association sets about preparing its 2030 corporate strategy
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Government’s plans for MMC in ‘disarray’, says Lords committee
Homes England accused of lacking coherent strategy
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Housing bodies hit out at government over reported ‘British homes for British workers’ social housing policy
The Chartered Institute of Housing and Shelter raise concerns about ‘scapegoating policy ideas’
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Housing starts down 68% after rush to beat new regulations
Unusually high Q2 starts were followed by a large decline
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Moda Living and Calthorpe Estates lodge plans for 37-storey build-to-rent tower in Birmingham
462-home block would form part of New Garden Square masterplan
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What the Future Homes Standard means for net zero
Proposed 2025 energy regulations focus on PV and services rather than building fabric to reduce emissions. Will this be enough to help meet the UK’s 2050 target? Thomas Lane finds out.
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Croudace Homes Group is embracing the future with Posi-Joist
Posi-Joist is helping professionals from every trade do their jobs to the best of their ability, saving precious time in labour costs. See the positive impact it’s having on one Surrey development
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Housing Today calls for affordable housing funding review and planning overhaul
A Fair Deal for Housing campaign makes initial recommendations in bid to boost development to 300,000 homes a year and beyond
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Boosting development to 300,000 homes a year and beyond: our initial recommendations
As the political parties gear up for a general election, Housing Today publishes a number of key recommendations to shape the debate about how to boost housebuilding
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Council approves changes to 1,000-home Telford Homes scheme to meet second staircase rules
Five of the proposed towers had to be redesigned after the Ilford scheme was originally given the go-ahead in 2022
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Clarion development down by a third amid ‘challenging market conditions’
125,000-home association posts lower turnover and surplus as it increases spend on existing stock
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Social landlords are failing disabled residents, says Housing Ombudsman report
Two-thirds of landlords declined to adapt homes for disabled residents, Relationship of Equals report finds
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Olympic Village owners ordered to pay back £18m of taxpayers’ money by judge
Get Living says the implications of the ruling at a first-tier tribunal are “profound” for the industry
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Vistry subsidiary Countryside selected to deliver £276m GLA scheme in north London
The 739-home scheme will be delivered at a former police training centre in Barnet
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Building safety and restructuring costs send Watkin Jones into the red
Trouble student accomoodation specialist made loss of more than £40m
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Crest Nicholson CEO to step down as profit slumps
Housebuilder appoints Persimmon chief operating officer Martyn Clark as new chief executive after “disappointing” set of results